Birthday Cards

Handmade birthday cards with paper balloons, layered cakes, pennant banners, and a simple pop-up stack of gifts.

4 tutorials published

Birthday Banner Card With Paper Pennants

Cut a row of equal paper pennants from scrap strips with one zigzag cut and string them along two swooping lines. The lower third stays free for a handwritten greeting.

Birthday Cards

Pop-Up Birthday Card With a Stack of Gifts

Three box-fold tabs in one liner lift three paper gifts when the card opens. Follow the order cut, fold, test closed, decorate, glue, and nothing sticks out of the edge.

Birthday Cards

Layered Birthday Cake Card With Paper Candles

Stack three paper rectangles into a tiered cake, add hand-cut wavy icing, thin candles and a raised middle tier. Suggested measurements fit a standard A2 card.

Birthday Cards

Easy Birthday Card With Paper Balloons

A beginner birthday card with three paper balloons cut from a folded template, strings that meet at one point and space for a handwritten greeting.